Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1887-06-28
A BAD sarAsHUP.
A Freight Train Telescopes with Cattle
Train Out the Il. & o.

ArAAnI OuA inc H. q Os
A terribly disastrous collision occurred
out the B. & o. road at Barrzeksyille, q
small station just this side OF FairmOnt,
about o'clock yesterday morning, in
which one man was killed and two others
dangerously wounded, while q large
amount Of live stock was destroyed Par
ticulars Of the accident were very meagre
yesterday, the officials of the read being, Is
usual, close mouthed about IL, and even the
friends Of the injured men could learn
nothing bat bare facts concerning the un-
fortunate occurrence.
From what can be learned of the affair
the fourth section Of q cattle train, com
posed Of twelve cars, filed with stock,
was run into by freight train. One
story Is that the cattle train was going
into a siding and John Moran, the con-
ductOr, went hack to flag the freight,
which was driven By Engineer John Jen-
nings. 1t is claimed that jennings atten-
ton could not be attracted and it was
supposed he had gone to sleep. 1t is said
that Moran threw the lantern through the
cab window, but il had no effect. This
may have been possible, because the friends
of Jennings say that he had Just gotten
into bed from his previous turn, when he
was called out again, and at the time he
objected, as he was 50 sleepy be could
hardly stand on his feet, yet they put
him on the engine to make the run.
Anyway the train was not stopped, and
it tore into the caboOse Of the cattle train
at a rate Of about forty miles an hour. An
eye witness Of the wreck says the smash
mp vas terrific, the engine passing clear
through the cattle train, scattering death
and destruction on all sides. To add TO the
general horror of the scene, the wreck took
fire from the engine and was soon in blaze,
and regular beef roasting followed, the
cattle being nearly all killed or wounded.
The freight, which was laden mostly with
wheat, was also badly wrecked, the two
trains making complete telescope.
As soon as the train men could recover
their scattered senses, they began to look
for the assent members of the crews. An
examination Of jennings engine showed
him horribly mangled lying among the re-
mains.
John Davis his fireman, was just in the
act of firing up, when he noticed the dan
ger and with his shovel in his hand he
jumped from the engine, alighting in a
creek some distance away He was found
to be badly injured, but his chances Of re-
coyery are good. Davis lives in the lower
end of the city.
Moran was reported to be killed, but his
friends received telegram later that he
was all right 1t is said that the caboOse
of the cattle train contained number Of
droyers, but they were warned Of the ap-
proach of the freight and saved themselves
by jumping from the car. The wreck is
described by railroad man as being one
of the worst he ever saw.
Engineer Jennings home was in Graf
ton, but when at this end of his run he
boarded with his sister, Mrs. Robert Con-
we'll, on Main street, just above Twenty
third. Mrs. Conwell left yesterday morn
ing for Grafton, where the remains Of
Jennings were taken, and they will be
inferred there to-day at p. N. He was
unmarried and about thirty years Of age.
He was member of Division l, Ancient
Order of Hibenians.
Conductor Moran lived with his parents
at 22Is, Main street, and at last accounts
nothing definite had been learned from
him. 1t is not knoEn to whom the blame
Of the accident belongs, on account Of the
indefinite particulars of the affair